2008-09 Men's Ice Hockey
Roster
Bryan Leitch
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Coquitlam, B.C.
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
As a Junior in 2007-08:
One of the most prolific goal scorers Quinnipiac history...Became the 27th member of Quinnipiac’s 100-point club on Feb. 2 with a goal against Union...Ranked third on the team with 33 points...Fifth on the team with 18 assists...Scored a team-high 15 goals...Tied for third with five power play goals...Tied for second with three game-winning goals...Totaled a career-high 15 goals and 18 assists for 33 points...His 41 career goals rank 25th all-time at Quinnipiac and 16th among Division I Bobcats...His 69 career assists rank 19th all-time at Quinnipiac and 11th among Division I players...110 career points puts him in a tie for 20th place all-time at QU and tied for 9th among Division I players...Had a career-high five points (two goals, three assists) against Brown in Quinnipiac’s 7-6 overtime win in the ECAC Tournament First Round... Was one of five Bobcats, along with Eric Lampe, Jean-Marc Beaudoin, Jamie Bates and Ben Nelson, to record two multiple-goal games...Opened the season with a two-goal performance, including the game-winner, in a 3-0 win over Bentley on 10/16...His first goal was Quinnipiac’s first of the season...Had assists in losses to Air Force in back-to-back game son Oct. 19 & 20...Scored his team-leading third goal of the season against American International on 10/30 in a 3-2 Quinnipiac win...Had the game-winner, as well as one assist, in Quinnipiac’s 3-2 win over then-ranked #8 Clarkson on 11/9...Tagged Princeton for two goals and three assists in back-to-back games on Nov. 21 & 24...Had three assists in back-to-back wins over Robert Morris on Dec. 7-8...Had one assist in QU’s 2-1 win over Western Michigan at the Catamount Cup...Added another helper in the Bobcats’ 4-1 win over Vermont to win the Catamount Cup...In a 3-3 tie against Harvard on 1/4, he led the Bobcats with one goal and one assist...Scored in a 6-3 win over Brown on 1/11...Had one assist in Quinnipiac’s 5-2 win over Holy Cross on 1/19...Scored against Niagara on 1/25...Had one goal and assisted on another in a 5-1 win over Yale in front of the largest crowd (4,213) in the history of Quinnipiac Athletics...Had one assist as Quinnipiac swept Brown in the second game of the ECAC Hockey First Round series at the TD Banknorth Sports Center...Had one assist in Quinnipiac’s 3-1 loss to Harvard on 3/16 in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals.
As a Sophomore in 2006Â07:
Remained a potent scoring threat during his second season with the Bobcats...Played in all 40 games...Tallied 32 points (12 goals, 20 assists) on the year...Set up two goals in the win over Robert Morris on 10/14...Assisted on three goals in the win over Union on 10/29...Registered two goals and set up another in the win at Clarkson on 11/10...Scored two goals, including the game-winner, in the victory over Union on 12/9...Assisted on two goals in the win over Brown on 1/12...Scored one goal and set up another in the win over Holy Cross on 1/28...Assisted on a pair of scores in the win over AIC on 2/13...Assisted on two goals in the ECAC Hockey Semifinal Round win over St. Lawrence on 3/16...Scored a goal in the ECAC Hockey Finals against
Clarkson.
As a Freshman in 2005Â06:
Stepped right into the Quinnipiac lineup and established himself as one of the top players in ECAC Hockey...Selected as the 2006 ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year...Finished second nationally in points by a freshman, behind only Minnesota’s Phil Kessel...Closed the year with 45 points (14 goals, 31 assists)...Ranked second in the ECAC Hockey in points and assists...Led Quinnipiac in points...Appeared in all 39 games...Scored his first collegiate goal in the game at Michigan on 10/8...Scored two points in the weekend series against AIC...Scored the first goal in the win over Dartmouth on 11/5...Scored one goal and set up two others in the loss to St. Lawrence on 11/15...Scored a goal in the win at Princeton on 11/22...Set a new career-high with
four points (one goal, three assists) in the win over Niagara on 1/28...Scored a goal and set up another in the win over Clarkson on 2/3...Netted two goals and set up another in the win over St. Lawrence on 2/4...Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week after scoring five points (three goals, two assists) in the weekend sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence...Set up five goals in the weekend series against Union and RPI on 2/17Â18...Handed out four assists in the tie with RPI...Handed out two assists in the win over Yale on 2/24...Set up three goals in the first round win over RPI on 3/4...Notched two points (one goal, one assist) in the playoff series at Colgate.
Before Quinnipiac:
Suited up with the Merritt Centennials of the British Columbia Hockey League for parts of two seasons...Scored 87 points (40 goals, 47 assists) during the 2004Â05 season...Split the
2003Â04 season between the Coquitlam Express and Merritt...Registered 79 points
(25 goals, 54 assists) that year.
Personal:
Born in Burnaby, British Columbia...Son of Patty and Mike Leitch...Undecided on a major.
2007Â08 SEASON HIGHS
 Goals: 2, two times
 Assists: 3, vs. Brown, 3/7/07
 Points: 5, vs. Brown, 3/7/07
CAREER HIGHS
 Goals: 2, five times
 Assists: 4, vs. RPI, 2/18/06
 Points: 5, vs. Brown, 3/7/07
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Year GP G A PTS PIM
2005Â06 39 14 31 45 34
2006Â07 40 12 20 32 34
2007Â08 39 15 18 33 22
TOTALS 118 41 69 110 90
